The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-05-25
EDMUND 0'D0N0VAN.
AN IRISH JOURNALIST WHO MADE
HIMSELF FAMOUS.
sketch Of "a Man Whose Exploits would
HI yoIumes-I;egan Life As Medical
Student. but Achieved Eminent sue
cess as Correspondent.

cess IS a Correspondent
Especial CorresDondencel
WASHINGTON. May % Edmund ODonO-
van was the son of distinguished scholar
who occupied. for more than q quarter Of IA
century, the chair II Celtic language and lit
erature ia Trinity college, Of the University
Of Dublin The father, like most of the old
fashioned students, was 50 absorbed In his
books that his sons were allowed tO read,
think. and do pretty much what they pleased,
and 10 select their own courses in life. Ell
mund. the eldest child, after a fashionable
and precar0us attendance upon compulsory
lectures with his college class-by which we
moan that DE went late and left oarly-joned
the medical school and soon became interested
in surgery, in which be might We'll have at
tanned the highest eminence. But like Win
wood Reade, nephew Of the great novelist,
who was regarded as the most promising
young surgeon Of his time I'm Barthoemew's
hospital, O'Donovan preferred the excite
mcut Of travel and adventure o. all the glory
Of crucial Operations" GeoA,gy and botany
/ hal also peculiar attractions for bin, arl bis
accurate knowledge Of those sub iacts formed
q valuable adjunct 10 bis correspondence
/ from the east when discussing the nature
/ a the territory which interviewed be-
| tween Russia and British India and
which seems nov destined to Dee The battle
( field for European empire iu Asia How
I ever, our traveller possessed in an eXtm0rdi-
nary degree another accomplishment, without
/ which his other gifts were practically u,aies,
/ for the purpose be- had ia view. lie spoke
and wrote Aueutly the French, German and
/ Spanish languages and when be- bal made
up his mind about a journey 10 Asia. Doc found
little difficulty in becoming u-efully familiar
with the Turkish and Russian language and
with various dialects " central Asia His
capacity for mastering oriental languages
proved % be- his most valuable accomplish
ment, and in this respect no English news
paper correspondent has ever been bis cquaf
When "a very youthful college student
D'D0noym became an active memI.rof ihe
Fenian brotherhood, and frequently. when
academic dute, required Dbl, presence Do the
city, the fervd Nationalist was swearing
in recruits throughout ihe country district,
by day, or drilling and oXhDrJiug them m
some barn or on the mll-ilenfter ni-htan
he was o born orator ami a-.tat0. and
James Stephens hi, guide and lifelong
friend, has described him as altogether tine
most variously gifted young mu Of bis a.-
quaintance When Stephens. the leader of
the Fenian movement in Great Britain.
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